FY 2016 Appropriation

The Legislature established the Legislative Services appropriations item to centrally account for certain enterprise-level overhead expenses that are shared among legislative organizations. Such expenses include telecommunication services, membership organization dues, and, when necessary, investigation costs.

Funding History
Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $1,083,700 from all sources for Legislative Services. This is a 48.7 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $883,700 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 21.3 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Capitol Building Fire Code Compliance$0 ($590,000)
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0 ($790,000)General Fund, One-time
$0$200,000Closing Nonlapsing
The House Majority Caucus Room is insufficient to accommodate all caucus members and staff without violating fire code. Other configuration issues exist in the Senate. This appropriaiton shifts resources from the Legislature to the Capitol Preservation Board to cover costs of space reconfiguration.
Interim Committee Staffing$0$20,000
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
$0$20,000General Fund, One-time
Shifting $20,000 from LFA to Legislative Services for staffing of interim committees
Legislative Staff Compensation ($75,000)$0
OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source
($75,000)$0General Fund
Equivalent to 1% COLA for all legislative staff (including House and Senate full time staff) to retain high performers. The EAC requested an estimate of what would be necessary to significantly reward high performers. The estimate is $537,000: $300,000 LRGC $125,000 LAG $112,000 LFA An additional amount provided to Senate and House staff as a reallocation from Legislative Services: $37,500 Senate $37,500 House
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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.